Capital punishment in Denmark (Danish: Dødsstraf - literally "Death punishment") has been entirely abolished in peace-time since 1930 and for war crimes since 1978 (or strictly since 1 January 1994). The last peace-time execution was carried out in 1892, but followed by executions during the World War II purges in 1945-50. Reinstitution of capital punishment is not supported by any political party in Parliament. According to an opinion poll from 2006, one fifth of Danes supported capital punishment for certain crimes. The number was unchanged since another poll in 1999.
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“Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years?”
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